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After Physics
Professor Of Philosophy David Z Albert
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Description for After Physics
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: PN. Dimension: 158 x 235 x 16. Weight in Grams: 228.
After Physics presents ambitious new essays about some of the deepest questions at the foundations of physics, by the physicist and philosopher David Albert. The book's title alludes to the close connections between physics and metaphysics, much in evidence throughout these essays. It also alludes to the work of imagining what it would be like for the project of physical science--considered as an investigation into the fundamental laws of nature--to be complete. Albert argues that the difference between the past and the future--traditionally regarded as a matter for metaphysical or conceptual or linguistic or phenomenological analysis--can be ... Read more
After Physics presents ambitious new essays about some of the deepest questions at the foundations of physics, by the physicist and philosopher David Albert. The book's title alludes to the close connections between physics and metaphysics, much in evidence throughout these essays. It also alludes to the work of imagining what it would be like for the project of physical science--considered as an investigation into the fundamental laws of nature--to be complete. Albert argues that the difference between the past and the future--traditionally regarded as a matter for metaphysical or conceptual or linguistic or phenomenological analysis--can be ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
227g
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass, United States
ISBN
9780674970878
SKU
V9780674970878
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About Professor Of Philosophy David Z Albert
David Z Albert is Professor of Philosophy at Columbia University.
Reviews for After Physics
Valuable for readers seriously interested in scientific metaphysics... Albert offers a piercing analysis of modern physics.
David Kordahl Los Angeles Review of Books (06/30/2015) This work will influentially speak [to advanced students in both philosophy and physics].
P. D. Skiff Choice (07/01/2015) After Physics consists of eight brilliant essays in Albert's inimitable style exploring connections between fundamental physical theories (in ... Read more
David Kordahl Los Angeles Review of Books (06/30/2015) This work will influentially speak [to advanced students in both philosophy and physics].
P. D. Skiff Choice (07/01/2015) After Physics consists of eight brilliant essays in Albert's inimitable style exploring connections between fundamental physical theories (in ... Read more